The Great Paper Caper

by Oliver Jeffers

Overview

Exciting new cover reissue of this funny forest story, from award-winning, internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers.

When life in the forest begins to change; when trees mysteriously lose their branches, when whole tree trunks start to disappear, when homes are lost, the only course of action for the forest dwellers is to begin a full scale investigation. Alibis must be proved, clues must be sought but even so, blame is never far from anyone's thoughts.

Who is the perpetrator of this heinous crime? Will justice be done?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007182336
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/30/2009
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.66(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Oliver Jeffers graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours. His outstanding talent has been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award. ‘Lost and Found’ animation was broadcast on Channel 4. Oliver lives and works in Brookyln, New York.

Editorial Reviews

"Pulls readers into a world of mystery and dreamlike imagery… Jeffers' unique style takes the picture book to a high level of brilliance and fun." Irish Examiner

Praise for ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy:

"Mouth-wateringly irresistible" The Guardian

Praise for ‘Lost and Found’:

‘An uplifting story…pictures of such spare beauty…suffused with a dreamlike quality.’ Independent Online

Praise for ‘How to Catch a Star’:

‘The best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding.’ Telegraph

‘Hail to new talent… If only all picture books could be this good.’ The Bookseller

From the Publisher

[F]unny and charming . . . with little giggles to be found again and again.

Booklist

"There was a time in the forest / when everything was not as it should have been." One autumn, the trees begin to vanish. At first the woodland creatures blame one another, but as the seasons change, they launch a full investigation, complete with yellow crime-scene tape. When a moose tips the investigators off, they follow the evidence to the bear's house. Driven by his family's legacy of paper-plane champions, the repentant bear explains he chopped the trees to make practice planes. The animal court requires the bear to plant replacement trees, but they also help their new friend by creating a giant paper plane out of his crumpled-up, failed aircrafts. Jeffers's illustrations are meticulously designed, from the characters' expressive eyeballs and stick-figure legs to the use of negative space and the way the text interacts with the artwork. Sophisticated readers may giggle over the mystery and mock trial, and adults may admire the undeniably hip artwork, but the story's message is a bit convoluted, mixing themes of forgiveness, eco-consciousness and teamwork. (Picture book. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews